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Thoughtcrime Arrests In Israel: “People Have Been Arrested For Saying Their Heart Was With The Children of Gaza”

It’s all following the algorithm—same as Canada, same as US—you MUST agree with your STATE

By Celia Farber | The Truth Barrier | November 5, 2023

“The police say that any slogans in favor of Gaza or against the war mean supporting terrorism… even if you say that you are, of course, against people being murdered,” Abeer Baker, a human rights lawyer representing some of the people who have been arrested, told CNN.

“The Israel Police said that as of October 25, it had arrested 110 people since the start of the war for allegedly inciting violence and terrorism, mostly on social media. Of these arrests, only 17 resulted in indictments. Most people were released without further charges, usually after a few days.

“Baker said the low number of indictments suggested that people were being arrested for making statements that are not illegal.

“People have been arrested for saying their heart was with the children in Gaza,” Baker told CNN, pointing to a widely-reported case of a comedian from northern Israel who was arrested after posting that phrase on his social media.

‘Not talking about the law’

“The Israel Police says it is acting under Israel’s Counter Terrorism Law. Article 24 of this legislation states that anyone who does anything to “empathize with a terror group” whether that’s by “publishing praises, support or encouraging, waving a flag, showing or publishing a symbol” can be arrested and jailed for up to three years.

“However, Adalah, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that advocates for Arab rights in Israel said in a statement that these arrests are arbitrary and target Palestinians only. It said that many are carried out with brutal force in the middle of the night, and without proper legal justification.

“The criteria is not whether it’s legal or not, the criteria is whether it makes people angry or whether it’s something that is against the mainstream, we are not talking about the law. We are talking about atmosphere,” Baker said, adding that discussing the context of the October 7 attacks is “forbidden.”

Article here.

November 6, 2023 - Posted by | Civil Liberties, Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Full Spectrum Dominance | , , ,

1 Comment »

  1. There is less free speech in Biden’s Democracies than in nations he ridiculed as Autocracies. What did W say after ordering rthe invasion of Iraq on false pretenses, “you’re either with us or against us”. While standing on the deck of a US Navy Destroyer W had the gall to say. “mission accomplished”. More like mission impossible after the US caused the deaths of one million Iraqis, half of which were children! So don’t believe for a moment that 250 Israeli hostages mean anything to the MICIMATT. That’s the acronym for the fascists in the Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academic-Think Tank Complex that put Biden in office. They only care about outcomes not the means to achieve them.

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